July 8-14 Acts 6-9

“What Wilt Thou Have ME to Do?”

1. Road to Damascus: Remind them from last week’s lesson that Christ can help people change. Tell them we’re

going to learn about a guy who had a huge change. He used to go around putting people in prison for believing in Christ. Tell them to listen carefully to what happened and how he changed.

Watch/discuss video “Saul Learns About Jesus” https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media-library/video/2010-11-63-chapter-59-saul-learns-about-jesus?lang=eng&_r=1

Read/summarize/discuss Acts 9:1-20. Emphasize how in verse 1, he was “breathing out threatenings and slaughter” against people who believed in Christ, and then in verse 20, he preached about Christ to others.

2. Saul/Paul Craft: Use this printable to review how Saul changed.

http://www.biblesongsandmore.com/2016/10/28/saul-makes-a-big-change-pop-up-tutorial/. Do you think he

was happier when he was being mean to people or nice to people? Who helped him change and get a

testimony? Remind them what a testimony is.

3. The Friend Story (Mia’s Testimony) : Read/discuss the following story from The Friend

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/bc/content/shared/content/images/magazines/friend/2015/06/june-

2015-friend-magazine-mormon_1470429_prt.pdf . Emphasize the point that a testimony doesn’t always come

from just one prayer or experience. It’s something that you need to work on all of the time. With Saul it

happened really quickly, and for some other people sometimes it is a quick thing. For most people, though, it’s a

slower process. Mom/Dad share how we’ve built our testimonies and some of the small things we do to keep

building and strengthening them.

4. Single Puzzle Piece: Tell them you have a VERY beautiful picture to show them. Build up their excitement for it

by talking about how amazing it is. Choose just one of the puzzle pieces from the Jesus puzzle to show them

(one of the most plain pieces would work best). Is it as incredible as you thought it would be? Explain that it’s

just one small piece of a bigger picture, and once we get all of the pieces of it, they’ll see how great it actually is.

Compare this to our testimonies. Sometimes we get just one piece at a time that doesn’t seem like a huge deal,

but when all of the pieces come together, we see how beautiful it can become.

Share/summarize/discuss the following quote from Dieter F. Ucthdorf: “The truth is, those who diligently

seek to learn of Christ eventually will come to know Him. They will personally receive a divine portrait of

the Master, although it most often comes in the form of a puzzle—one piece at a time. Each individual

piece may not be easily recognizable by itself; it may not be clear how it relates to the whole. Each piece

helps us to see the big picture a little more clearly. Eventually, after enough pieces have been put

together, we recognize the grand beauty of it all. Then, looking back on our experience, we see that the

Savior had indeed come to be with us—not all at once but quietly, gently, almost unnoticed. This can be

our experience if we move forward with faith and do not wait too long on the road to Damascus.”

(Waiting on the Road to Damascus)

Have them glue the puzzle piece onto the correct number on the “Road to My Testimony” map sheet.

Explain that for today’s lesson, we’re going to do an activity where we’ll find the other pieces to this

puzzle one at a time to see what it can become.

5. Sandals (What wilt thou have me DO): Deiter F. Uchtdorf also explained that some people want a big event like

what happened to Saul to happen in order for them to believe. So instead of taking small steps toward getting

their beliefs and testimonies strong, they just stand there doing nothing.

Depending on how ambitious we’re feeling, print and make sandals from this link https://www.jesus-

without-language.net/wp-content/cache/page_enhanced/www.jesus-without-language.net//john-the-

baptist-matthew-3-make//_index.html_gzip or do a simpler type with cardstock and pipe cleaners like

this: https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/09/8d/b6/098db692c338f5ecb6f21dbaa06a7b7e.jpg. Or maybe even

just put on imaginary sandals.

Remind them that Saul got his testimony while he was walking on the road to Damascus, but we’re

going to use our sandals to walk on our own road toward getting our testimonies.

Will we get anywhere if we don’t take any steps? Remind them that Saul asked, “What wilt thou have

me to DO?” He recognized that he needed to actually do things, not just stay home and take a nap. Put

sandals on and get ready to DO some stuff so we can complete our picture.

6. My Road to Damascus Activity:

Give kids the map page titled “The Road to My Testimony.” Explain that the pictures on the dotted lines

at the top match pictures they’ll need to find around the house.

Have the four full-size pages with dotted line borders hanging up in different areas of the house

(however hard or easy you feel like hiding them). As they find each one, read through and discuss what

that sheet says.

Have all of the Jesus puzzle pieces cut up in a bag. As they answer the last questions on the pages they

find (the questions with the puzzle piece picture by them), they can pull puzzle pieces out of the bag to

glue onto their map sheet.

When it’s complete, talk about how great the picture looks. Remind them that learning about Christ and

strengthening our testimonies of Him is a lifelong process that sometimes comes one piece at a time,

and these are only some of the things that can help our testimonies. Discuss additional ways our

testimonies of Christ and His gospel can grow and stay strong.

7. Treat (Cookies and Cream Trifle): Prepare the ingredients for this recipe. Put the first layer in. Would we want to

stop after the first layer? Or would it be even better if we added more layers to it? If we have a testimony of one

thing or do one good thing, should we stop there? Talk about how the more studying, good works, etc. that we

do, the better our testimonies will become. Our testimonies can grow bigger and better throughout our whole

lives if we keep the commandments and make good choices.

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Additional Ideas: Saul/Paul Booklet http://www.ayearoffhe.net/2011/05/2011-week-22-sauls-conversion.html?m=1 Saul Story with Printable Figures https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/friend/1973/08/saul-of-tarsus?lang=eng Saul Craft http://biblecrafter.blogspot.com/2015/06/sauls-pauls-conversion-acts-9-1-25-this.html?spref=pi&m=1 Wicked Men Kill Stephen Video https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media-library/video/2010-11-61-chapter-57-wicked-men-kill-stephen?lang=eng&_r=1 Simon and the Priesthood Video https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media-library/video/2010-11-62-chapter-58-simon-and-the-priesthood?lang=eng&_r=1 Philip YouTube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IepTlwzhlw Lots of additional fun ideas https://www.theredcrystal.org/post/what-wilt-thou-have-me-do-july-8-14

Jesus Puzzle: Cut apart the squares to this puzzle. Put all of the pieces in a bag. As kids complete the questions for the

“My Road to Damascus” activities, they can earn puzzle pieces to glue onto their “Road to My Testimony” map.

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My Road to Damascus Activity: Give kids the map page titled “The Road to My Testimony.” Explain that the pictures on the dotted lines at the top match pictures they’ll need to find around the house. Have the four full-sized pages with dotted line borders hanging up in different areas of the house (however hard or easy you feel like hiding them). As they find each one, read through and discuss what that sheet says. Have the Jesus puzzle pieces cut apart in a bag. As they answer the parts on the sheets by the puzzle piece picture, they can pull one more piece out of the bag to glue onto their “Road to My Testimony” sheet. When it’s complete, talk about how great the picture looks. Remind them that learning about Christ and strengthening our testimonies of Him and His gospel is a lifelong process that sometimes comes one piece at a time.

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